Well, for those seeing this but debating clicking through, it's a quite good breakdown of how / why Map/Reduce works, and gives a good idea of why it's useful and some of the advantages. It's only a conceptual overview, but it goes a long way to understanding what's become a buzz-word lately (probably due to the NoSQL uprising).
Well, for those seeing this but debating clicking through, it's a quite good breakdown of how / why Map/Reduce works, and gives a good idea of why it's useful and some of the advantages. It's only a conceptual overview, but it goes a long way to understanding what's become a buzz-word lately (probably due to the NoSQL uprising).